OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine the pediatric age groups viable for nasoseptal flap (NSF) reconstruction of endoscopic endonasal approaches (EEA) to intracranial pathology of suprasella neoplasms. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Retrospective review of 16 pediatric patients who underwent EEA with NSF reconstruction for a suprasellar defect from 2012 to 2014. Radioanatomi...

THE occurrence of pallor of the optic discs and bitemporal field defects suggests to every ophthalmologist the possibility of a pituitary tumour. This diagnosis is usually confirmed by x-ray examination of the skull, when the classical signs of ballooning of the sella turcica with backward displacement or erosion of the posterior clinoid processes and, in more advanced cases, gross enlargement ...

Approximately 9 to 15% arachnoid cysts occur in the sellar or suprasellar region. The optimal management of symptomatic suprasellar cysts continues to pose a challenge to neurosurgeons. This case report describes a patient with a suprasellar arachnoid cyst who presented at the age of 3 and was followed for 20 years after cystoventriculostomy. A girl was referred to neurosurgery department by a ...

INTRODUCTION The extraventricular neurocytoma of the sellar region (EVNSR) is a rare disease, it is difficult to make exact diagnosis of and operate on patients. Retrospectively analysed the clinical manifestations, image features, therapy methods and outcomes among patients with EVNSR, to investigate the epidemiological characteristics, image features, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. CAS...

Case report A 68-year-old man was examined for bitemporal hemianopsia and falling episodes. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a 32 mm spontaneously hyperdense suprasellar mass (Fig. 1). No calcification was noted. Complementary preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a well delineated lesion with a nearly isointense signal on the T1-weighted images and a low signal intensity on the...

Reported herein is a 25-year-old woman who was treated for a large and highly atypical prolactin-producing pituitary adenoma. On presentation, she exhibited right hemiparesis and left-sided visual loss, associated with amenorrhea. A massive (>5 cm) intra- and suprasellar lesion was seen on imaging, and her serum prolactin level was 4408 ng/ml. The patient received dopamine agonist treatment pre...

Cystic meningioma is a rare form of intracranial meningioma. Meningiomas are typically solid tumors but may rarely have cystic components. The diagnosis of cystic meningioma is clinically challenging as the finding of multiple intra-axial tumors, including metastatic tumors, is relatively common. We report a case of cystic meningioma initially diagnosed as a metastatic tumor from a recurrence o...

Primary ectopic meningiomas are extremely rare tumors of controversial origin and they are usually limited to the head and neck region. Its occurrence at the mediastinum is even rarer. There has not been any official report regarding primary mediastinal malignant meningioma until today. Because of its rarity and potential value, we report here a case of primary mediastinal malignant meningioma,...